21 Oct
Evelina London Childrens Hospital
London
Main area
Clinical Nurse Educator South Thames Retrieval
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
196-NM12191
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£54,320 - £60,981 p.a inc HCA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/11/2024 23:59
Interview date
18/11/2024
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic,
respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success.
We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
We are looking to recruit into the core STRS team an experienced and motived retrieval nurse to lead our nursing education programme. The role is currently a secondment which we are excited to offer as a substantive role. We are really pleased to offer flexible working,
job share or part time to continue the great work being done within STRS education.
- Lead the STRS Nurse Education programme within the South Thames Retrieval Service, and throughout the South Thames Region
- Co-ordinate and improve existing education and support for retrieval nurses, both trainees and established members of the team
- Co-ordinate the integration of existing retrieval nurses from Royal Brompton PICU and those who aspire to become retrieval nurses
- Provide focussed nursing contribution to the existing multidisciplinary education
- Implement nursing regional skills days to support the development of nurses in DGHs
- Maintain and develop STRS Nursing Outreach Online Programme
- Work collaboratively with South Thames Paediatric Network to support the delivery of critical care skills to nurses in the South Thames region.
Closing date: 05th November 2024
Interview date: 18th November 2024
Main duties of the job
- Management and delivery of induction programmes for new starts and pre-registration students.
- Reviewing, planning and commissioning of internal and external course/educational programmes
- Developing and implementing new initiatives in theatre to support an expanding service.
- Provision of hands on clinical support for new starters and other learners in the department.
- Collaboration with Matron, clinical managers, Evelina education team and the multidisciplinary team to review and develop the educational strategy.
- Participate and lead in areas of Clinical Governance, Audit, and Research projects.
- Develop and maintain updated clinical protocols relevant to specialty.
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
Every year, the number of children and young people Evelina London cares for, in hospital and in the community, continues to grow. We provide
comprehensive health services from pre-conception, before birth, throughout childhood and into adult life. Evelina London is here for children,
young people and women from London to South East England, and provides specialist care for families around the UK and across the world.
As the only NHS Trust in London with women’s and specialist children’s services on one site we have unique opportunities to provide excellent, high-quality, integrated care for mothers, babies and children. We operate through four clinical directorates: Neonatology and Medical Specialties, Surgical Services, Theatres and Paediatric Intensive Care, Children’s Community Services and Women’s Services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be responsible for developing and co-ordinating education initiatives within the speciality. To lead and take continuing responsibility for the in service development of all nursing staff working within their area of specialty. To provide leadership and motivation to establish clinical practices, which is research/evidence-based and lead to standard setting and regular audit in line with the Trust’s commitment to Clinical Governance. To monitor and review clinical and professional standards of care, reporting on performance, and instituting remedial action where necessary.
▪ To identify training and development needs of staff within the area in accordance with local and national policies.
▪ Create a climate of research awareness to encourage evidence-based practice. To initiate research projects and encourage nurses to undertake their own small research projects and support their progress.
▪ Support staff in the provision of regular local and relevant teaching and training sessions including provision of ‘buddied’ clinical time to facilitate on the job learning.
▪ To be a source of highly specialist clinical and educational knowledge and to provide clinical supervision.
▪ To act as an advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines.
▪ To ensure that patients receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines.
▪ Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals.
▪ Assist in the provision of training programmes for nurses to expand their clinical skills e.g. intravenous drugs, cannulation, phlebotomy, which are acceptable to and certifiable by the Trust.
▪ Support the review and development of the annual Educational, training, development and business plans. Acting as representative in the course management and curricula development forums and liaise with Higher Education Institutes in order to present future needs and requirements and be familiar with the educational needs of all staff.
▪ Responsible for the development and co-ordination of training programmes for staff in conjunction with Training and Development department. The post holder will also be required to deliver training as required
▪ Develop and ensure training programmes are established to train staff to meet statutory training requirements (fire, resuscitation, health & safety, infection control, manual handling)
▪ Tailor a programme of orientation for new staff members and arrange an ongoing programme of training for qualified and unqualified staff and overseas nurses requiring adaptation in the care and management of patients within the speciality
▪ To ensure compliance and implementation of Trust policies and procedures, relevant legislation, Nursing and Midwifery strategy and Clinical Governance standards are understood and practised by staff. Acts according to the Health & Safety Act and manual handling practice ensuring that all training of staff is documented.
▪ Practises in accordance with the professional direction as stipulated in the Trust’s Nursing & Midwifery strategy.
▪ To take personal responsibility for promoting a safe environment and safe patient care by identifying areas of risk and following the Incident, Serious Incident and Near Misses reporting procedure.
▪ Have a visible presence within the clinical setting.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Matthew Norridge
Head of Clinical Education .
Evelina London
020 7188 4578 (Office)
▶️ Clinical Nurse Educator. South Thames Retrieval
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